Calories by the week or day???

carajo

I have a question for anyone out there.......Some days i do not eat my exercise calories simply because i am not hungry....other days i eat all my exercise cals. plus some!!! i had a couple days last week i just could not get full and ate like crazy......so i took all the calories i ate for the week and they averaged to 1700 per day....i workout everyday so 1700 is about right for me...can you lose weight this way or will the days i eat alot just counteract the others????? Please Help thanks:flowerforyou:

carajo

I have a question for anyone out there.......Some days i do not eat my exercise calories simply because i am not hungry....other days i eat all my exercise cals. plus some!!! i had a couple days last week i just could not get full and ate like crazy......so i took all the calories i ate for the week and they averaged to 1700 per day....i workout everyday so 1700 is about right for me...can you lose weight this way or will the days i eat alot just counteract the others????? Please Help thanks:flowerforyou:

IUChelle423

Yes you can. What you're doing is zig zagging calories, which may recommend for weight loss. It makes it so that your body doesn't get used to x # calories everyday and helps break plateaus.

justdoingit

I do the same thing and I am still loosing about 2lbs per week. However, I also pay close attention to my carbs, fat, and protein grams. I try no to go over the fat grams allowed or any of the other two factors. If I go over one day, I decrease the amount I went over for the following day and do an extra work out. Last night I had a light breakfast and snack and for lunch (late lunch, around 4pm) I went to Wendy's since I was craving a cheeseburger. I ordered a junior cheeseburger and a small order of fries and only had two sips of coke:blushing: . Had a big salad with fat free dressing for dinner and guess what? I was still like 115 cals under! I felt full so I didn't pay too much attention.

Everyone is different and so if this is working for you, there is no reason not to continue doing what you are doing. For instance, I don't eat my excercise calories and this seems to work for me but once it stops working, I will change it up.:happy:

carajo

Thanks so much, everyday is just so different for me! Thanks again!